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[kyburg]

LJ'ers are taking a roll call over at london_070705.

In case you hadn't heard, multiple blasts in London have killed over 45 people - so far.

Snark levels rising fast.

But here - I'll vent this little bit, thanks to Reuters: World Leaders Reactions. Note that everyone except that idiot Bush condemns the attacks in plain language. Bush? Call Homeland Security! SAVE MY ASS!!

Yeah. Hussein was the threat of the day. Suuuuure.

My sense of outrage is overshadowed by my absolute shame. This could have been stopped. I'm certain of it.

I'm sorry.

God, I hope you're all right.

Comments

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

They updated the link. Karl Rove didn't like what they had originally, doncha know....

Soundbites

[turandot.livejournal.com]

If you tune in on CNN, you can still hear him say towards the end of that stump speech that he would call Homeland Security.

What strikes me about the speech is that he expresses no sympathy for the victims, instead choosing to talk about his program to eradicate evil. But that's on a par for shrub, he never says he's sorry, not even as a way to commiserate with the victims, lest it be interpreted as him actually regretting anything. The trouble is, most Brits are gonna assume his assholishness is representative of those who he's supposed to represent. =[

Re: Soundbites

[digitaldraco.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope the good folks in the UK don't assume that. I think the wise among them see that our leader is, indeed, a fool but I'd like to think that they don't ascribe the same level of intelligence to the U.S. as a whole. Certainly he's representative of a certain demographic of our citizens, but still.

I'll admit, the lack of compassion or concern that Bush shows is definitely irritating.

[digitaldraco.livejournal.com]

My outrage is, well, outraged that it didn't get a chance to come out and play today.

I feel cheated.

That's one of those double-edged swords of online media: instant edit with no proof of what existed before.

I went to a Yahoo News page I had visited yesterday that had a title along the lines of "G8 members lower goals" which now has the tile "G8 members work towards compromise". WTF.